Reading the Old Testament

Primary Traits Analysis Form (PTA)

Essay Evaluation Form

Course Resources

Interpreting the Bible

The Purpose of Creation Myths

Gender in the Yahwist Creation Story

Biblical History and Archaeology

Geography Identifications

Honor and Shame in Ancient Israel

Kinship in Ancient Israel

God, Humans, and the Natural World

Course Handouts

Women in the Mediterranean

The Shame, A Short Story by Yusuf Idris

Biblical Laws on Kinship and Marriage

Observations on Kinship and Marriage

Model of Hospitality

Model of Limited Good

Model of Patronage

Ancient Near Eastern Texts

Atrahasis: Human Creation

Domestication of Enkidu

The Flood in the Gilgamesh Epic

Enuma Elish

Great Hymn of Aten

PowerPoint Presentations

What is Meaning?